Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug—Yugra (Russian: Õà́íòû-Ìàíñè́éñêèé àâòîíî́ìíûé î́êðóã — Þãðà́, Khanty-Mansiysky avtonomny okrug – Yugra), or Khantia-Mansia, is a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast). The people native to the region are the Khanty and the Mansi, known collectively as Ob Ugric people, whose languages are the closest relatives to Hungarian.
The general territory was known as Yugra. For details of the long history of conflict between the Khanty, Mansi and Russia see the Yugra page.
The local languages, Khanty language and Mansi language are co-official in this region along with Russian.
The majority of the oil produced in Russia comes from Khantia-Mansia, giving the region great economic importance.
The okrug was established on December 4, 1939, as the Autonomous District of the Ostyaks and Voguls (Îñòÿ́êî-Âîãó́ëüñêèé àâòîíî́ìíûé î́êðóã). In 1942, it was renamed Autonomous District of the Khanty and Mansis. The administrative centre is Khanty-Mansiysk.
Principal rivers in this region are Ob and its tributary Irtysh.
Khantia-Mansia is located in the Yekaterinburg Time Zone (YEKT/YEKST). UTC offset is +0500 (YEKT)/+0600 (YEKST).
In the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug primary transport of goods accounted for water and railway transport, 29% is transported by road, and 2% aviation. The total length of railway tracks 1106 km. The length of roads, more than 18000